cinzia pegorin
lighting & shading td
Sydney, AU
tel ++61 (0-44-909****
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personal details objective
name Cinzia Angela Pegorin
place of birth Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy
date of birth 18 April 1976
objective and skills
I have a bachelor in Industrial and communication Design, and I completed a few
courses of photography.
I have a long CG experience in film production as lighting and surfacing artist
My objetive has always been working as lighting artist for challenging produc-
tions, giving support with my
experience, and having a chance for professional growth. I ve strong skills for
lighting and color, and a nand optimization.atural inclination for project organi-
zation.
spoken languages
spoken languages
- Italian: mother language
- Spanish: high proficient
- English: high proficient
- French: basic +
- German: basic
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film production experience
Senior Lighting TD: Dr.D Studios, Sydney
Happy Feet 2 Lighting artist (Houdini, Renderman, Nuke), on the full CG animation movie with fur
(2011-at present): characters.
Senior Lighting TD: Animal Logic, Sydney
Legend of the Guardians Lighting artist (Maya, Mayaman, Nuke), on the full CG animation movie with feathered
(2009-2010): characters (and two months of prop surfacing).
The Tale of Despereaux Environment surfacing (Maya, Renderman, Liquid shaders), using Framestore proprietary
(2008): tools.
Lighting (Maya, Renderman, Shake), using Framestore proprietary
tools
Lead Lighting TD: Bren Entertainment, Santiago de Compostela
Donkey Xote Lighting lead on the full CG animation movie Donkey-Xote (XSI, Mental Ray, Shake).
(2006/2007):
Lead Lighting TD: Bren Entertainment, Santiago de Compostela
Ratoncito Perez (2005): Character shader artist, preparing materials and textures for the main characters (Perez,
Secretary
Lighting artist as soon as shading work finished.
(XSI, Mental Ray,)
Goya 2007, Spain for Best Animation Movie
Special nominations:
San Diego Latin Film Festival for Best Animation Feature
Lighting TD: Peerless Camera Pictures, London
The Brothers Grimm Lighting artist on the Wolf shots. The complexity was given by the complete cg
(2005): fur charachter (Softimage XSI, Mental Ray, Shake).
Lighiting and render TD: Mnogo Film Productions, Milan
Christmas Tale (2002): Layout artist for the short, Set modeling, Camera tracking, Camera matching,
Lighting artist, render wrangling, compositing (Softimage XSI, Mental Ray, Combustion).
Intern: Pixel Liberation Front, Los Ageles
The Cell (2000) I had a great experience as an intern at PLF, where I started my 3d career. I had the
opportunity to give my support in a movie like The Cell, in the previs stage:
I worked with a proprietary particle software, on the look of the snow for the final shots
Others (2000) I helped PLF team in other projects, like commercials and video clips, learning
the importance of previsualization from pre-production to post.
(Softimage 3D)
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non-film experience
Lighiting TD: freelance in Milan
(2004/2005)
I worked in Milan as a freelance 3D generalist for commercials and shorts, but always with
a preference for the artistic side of the projects: some modeling, texturing, shading,
lighting and compositing were my main tasks.
3D artist: Officina Digitale, Milan
(2002/2003) 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing for a vfx studio working for television
(Mediaset and Discovery Channel UK), specialized in docu-fiction production and
post-production.
Graphic Designer: Pixel Park, Zurich
(2000) Graphic designer for the Credit Suisse international website project, in Zurich, within the
Credit Suisse Online Pixel Park team, a German multimedia company.
education
Camera Craft 1 and 2, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
- basics of camera crafting
- techniques using the digital medium
- analyses of great photographers and theys techniques
Bachelor of Industrial Design, Politecnico of Milan
- graduation with highest notes on April 2001
- graduation project:
Color of mind: digital planning method in the movie production system
Fine Arts, Universidad Complutense de Bellas Artes of Madrid (Erasmus project)
- academical year: 1997/98
- course in hand-painting techniques
- course of B/W photography (film development and printing techniques)
- course of set lighting
hobbies & interests
- Cinema, from the old ones, through the unusual, to the blockbusters. Extreme interest exploring the orintal
new waves, in search of something different.
- Photography, as an affiliate and as a photographer.
- Drawing, with a preference for enviromental mecha design.
- Kung fu, as a practiser.
- Travelling: from hearing stories of journeys, to travel by myself.
- Cooking as a cultural and gastronomical experience.